ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,390, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ENVALIOR B.V. (Geleen, Netherlands).
"Conveyor belt" was invented by Ard Jan Kolkman (Echt, Netherlands) and Andreas Antonius Oosterlaken (Echt, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a conveyor belt comprising a composition comprising a) a (co)polyester A comprising hard segments comprising a polyester and having a melting temperature TmA of between 200deg C. and 240deg C. as measured according to ISO 11357-1/-3 (10deg C./min), wherein the (co)polyester A is present in an amount of between 1 and 60 wt % with respect to the total weight of the composition; and b) a c...